Often, people ask me which model inspired and moved me the most as an artist. I have known many women and had many relationships but my answer is simple: LISA. My amazing, beautiful, incredible wife and best friend. We first began as an artist-model relationship. Upon my first meeting with her, I felt compelled to paint the figure again after a long drought. Her lines are exquisite, her looks are mesmerizing and her soul is deep. She also moves into graceful poses like no other model I've known. I painted nearly 40 paintings of her on canvas after our first session with many more to this day along with perhaps a couple hundred drawings and watercolors as well as a special limited edition lithograph printed at the famed Paris printing house, IDEM-Mourlot. Below are just a few paintings of the extraordinary feeling she evoked out of me. My dear and close friend, Janet Hubbard-Brown, captured our relationship in the phrases of her brilliant poem written specifically for when Lisa and I were married:
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.'Lisa' lithograph printed at the IDEM-Mourlot Atelier (Paris), 30x22 in. on Arches paper
'Lisa with Arms Overhead' oil on canvas 23 x 27 in.
'Lisa Asleep' acrylic on canvas 23 x 27 in.
'Lisa on Moroccan Tapestry' acrylic on canvas 30 x 24 in.
'Lisa with Stockings' acrylic on canvas 27 x 23 in.
'Lisa Reclined on Flowered Couch' acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in.
'Lisa with Red Flowers' acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 in.
'Lisa in Striped Hat' acrylic on canvas 27 x 34 in.
'Lisa Looking at the Sunset in Spain' acrylic on canvas 44 x 34 in.
'Lisa Gazing Out the Window' acrylic on canvas 54 x 46 in.
'Lisa in the Bath' acrylic on canvas 34 x 42 in.
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| 'Lisa in Repose' oil on canvas 23 x 27 in. |
